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Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Traditional rice pudding

From this link

Ingredients

100g/3½oz sultanas
1 mug hot strong black tea
1.3 litres/2 pints 7fl oz milk
300ml/10½fl oz double cream
200g/7oz pudding rice
100g/3½oz golden granulated sugar
pinch freshly ground nutmeg
1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped out
clotted cream, to serve
jam, to serve

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 160C/320F/Gas 2.
2. Place the sultanas in a bowl and pour over the hot tea. Set aside to soak for ten minutes, then drain (discard the tea).
3. In a large casserole dish or rice pudding dish (roughly 30cm x 20cm/12in x 8in), mix together the milk and cream. Stir in the rice, sugar and a pinch of nutmeg. Add the vanilla pod and seeds, then stir in the soaked sultanas.
4. Cover the dish with a lid or sheet of aluminium foil, then cook in the oven for 1½ hours. Remove the lid or foil and cook for a further 20 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the top is lightly golden and has formed a skin.
5. To serve, spoon the rice pudding into serving bowls and serve with spoonfuls of clotted cream and jam.

Pulut Hitam

From this link

Ingredients

300g/10½oz black glutinous rice (available from some Asian grocers), washed
170g/6oz palm sugar, grated
2 pandan leaves, shredded, or 2 drops pandan or vanilla essence (available from some Asian grocers)
450ml/15¾fl oz coconut milk
pinch of salt
fresh coconut, to garnish

Method

1. Soak the glutinous rice in water overnight.
2. Drain the rice, and place in a saucepan with 1.5 litres/2 pints 12¾oz of water. Heat the mixture until boiling and continue to cook for 20-25 minutes, or until the rice is tender.
3. Stir the sugar and one of the pandan leaves into the rice and continue to cook for another 5-7 minutes. Set aside to cool.
4. Meanwhile, heat the coconut milk, the remaining pandan leaf and the salt in a saucepan until the mixture thickens.
5. To serve, remove the pandan leaves from the rice and the coconut milk. Spoon the cooked black rice into each of 6 serving bowls. Pour over the coconut milk and garnish with the fresh coconut.